french painting

Traces the life and artistic achievement of French painter Paul Cezanne.

Examines the life and work of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh during his last two years, from February, 1888 when he moved to the south of France, to his suicide in July, 1890; and includes reproductions of his paintings and drawings produced in Arles, the asylum at Saint-Remy-de-Mausole, and in Auvers.

The director of the Musee du Louvre presents more than 250 illustrations and discusses the lives of five French artists--Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres--and the connections between their drawings and their paintings.

A history of collecting impressionism by European museums, discussing the early resistance to the movement, and the role of Parisian dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in placing impressionist works in collections around the world, and including over one hundred color reproductions.

Presents the catalogue for an exhibition of Impressionist paintings that appear to be rapid transcriptions of shifting objects but were considered finished by their creators, featuring works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, and others; and includes essays that discuss the making, signing, exhibiting, and marketing of such works.

Looks at all 3,022 paintings housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with full annotations. Art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomar?de discuss four hundred paintings and the key attributes of the work.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and works of Impressionist painter Claude Monet.

Reproductions and text present critical commentary on the artist and his work.

Features color reproductions of eight hundred of the most important paintings in the Louvre, and includes 115 short essays that explain various aspects of the Paris museum's holdings.

Explores the life and art of nineteenth-century French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and features a portfolio of over 120 color illustrations.